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Health and Social Care Chaplaincy

Equinox Publishing Ltd · United Kingdom · Est. 1998

ISSN2051-5553

SJR Q1✓ Scopus / SJR

Journal Impact Factor

Not on record at PubScope. The Journal Impact Factor is published by Clarivate for Web of Science (JCR)–indexed journals.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.47

H-Indexi

SNIPi

0.412

Total Worksi

834

Total Citationsi

1,320

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.62

Open Impact Factor alternative

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Religious Studies; Health (social science); Social Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited Kingdom

Primary Language—

1st Year Published1998

FrequencyBiannual

StatusActive (last: 2025)

Total Publications834

Publisher OrgEquinox Publishing

Submission Info

Peer Review—

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

thinkchecksubmit.org

4/11 · 36%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Equinox Publishing Ltd

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Does the journal have a website?

No URL

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Is the ISSN verified?

2051-5553

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Indexed in a trusted database?

Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

N/A

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

N/A

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

N/A

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

2019

315

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Religious StudiesQ1

Health (social science)Q2

Social PsychologyQ3

Subject Classification

Scopus Categories

Social PsychologyReligious StudiesHealth (social science)

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Religion, Spirituality, and PsychologyReligion, Society, and DevelopmentGrief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesChristian Theology and MissionBiblical Studies and InterpretationTheological Perspectives and PracticesReligion and Society InteractionsEthics in medical practicePentecostalism and Christianity Studies

Frequently asked questions about Health and Social Care Chaplaincy

Is Health and Social Care Chaplaincy a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Health and Social Care Chaplaincy: it is indexed in Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy?

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is not in the Web of Science Core Collection, so it has no official Clarivate Journal Impact Factor. Its SCImago SJR score is 0.47.

Is Health and Social Care Chaplaincy indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Health and Social Care Chaplaincy is indexed in Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Health and Social Care Chaplaincy?